The cause of need most frequently reported is lack of employment, which was given as either the sole cause or one of the causes in almost one-half of the cases. The table which follows shows the percentage of cases reporting each specified cause of need and the percentage of persons involved:

TABLE 12.-Per cent of cases reporting each specified apparent cause of need and the per cent of persons involved in cases assisted for each cause, by general nativity of head of

The specific aid furnished by the societies is shown in the following tables, giving for each race the proportion of cases and persons assisted. Many cases were furnished more than one kind of assistance, and therefore appear under more than one heading.

TABLE 13.—Per cent of cases given aid specified, by general nativity and race of head of

case.

[This table includes only races represented by 50 or more cases as shown in Table 3. The totals, however, are for all races.]

TABLE 13.-Per cent of cases given aid specified, by general nativity and race of head of case Continued.

TABLE 14.-Per cent of persons involved in cases given aid specified, by general nativity

and race of head of case.

[This table includes only races represented by 50 or more cases, as shown in Table 3. The totals, however, are for all races.ĺ

44, 362
11,058

30.2

7.2 29.1 22.0 48.2 27.3 2.5 17.6 3.8 2.3
3.8 26.0 12.3 45.4

.4 23.4 2.3

.9

18.3

12.1

776

407

5,657

Irish..

3,867

Polish

347

Scotch...

Swedish

7.0 24.2 32.0 62.9 35.2 2.6 9.9 10.1 1.8 12.8 10.8 35.9 24.1 57.5 32.9 4.2 17.0 7.4 2.5 15.7 7.4 35.3 21.7 54.4 38.1 1.2 15.5 5.8 1.1 14.6 9.5 30.1 26.3 56.2 35.6 2.9 18.6 7.6 1.1 15.8 8.4 32.3 18.4 57.9 47.3 2.9 25.1 8.1 .6 19.6 321 11.2 34.9 30.5 62.0 30.5 4.7 7.5 8.4 .0 16.2 250 14.8 21.2 23.6 36.0 33.6 .8 18.8 5.6 1.2 32.8